Devon Energy Reviews

Awful management and leadership practises, very ineffective. Stuck in the 1950s for corporate culture. Poor engagement scores among employees despite advertising otherwise. The great places to work program masks the culture problems that will take you 6 months to discover. Highly toxic work environment, management regularly totes the "perception is everything" line, and bases decisions mostly on rumour and fear. Management decisions regularly compromise advertised corporate values. Highly political environment, very difficult to get anything done. There's a large dictatorship faction in the company. Management functions with a strong preference for command & control, and doesn't heed advice from front-line employees. Devon hires a ton of former military members who are excellent in command & control but are often abrasive, brass, and have difficulty transitioning to civilian work-life. They struggle to work well with others, "HR moments" are quite frequent. As a result of all of this, working at Devon feels like being in the military where you're constantly bullied and forced to tow the corporate line or get out. There's a history of firing high-performing employees who've spoken out constructively on these issues. They're labeled as "not a good fit". Cross-border management is a large challenge that most often results in ostracized team members. Management has a poor sense of people resource limitations and commits to several initiatives without considering if they have the capacity to actually fulfill them. Low chance of project success as a result. Most employees end up feeling suppressed and keep their mouths shut in order to keep collecting the high paycheque.

IT management is not honest about layoffs resulting in persistent culture of fear in IT, highly political, excessive IT bureaucracy frustrates workers, constantly reorganizing IT creates instability, people stay due to golden handcuffs